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Syrian death toll over 40,000, says rights group

The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Thursday over 40,000 Syrians - rebels, government forces and civilians - have died in the country's civil war.

A Syrian rebel mourns the death of a comrade in the town of Maraat al-Numan in the southern Idlib province on Nov. 20, 2012.

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Syria death mourn 11 23 2012